Laura Re:Dry Bean question

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I also keep dried beans on hand. They are very inexpensive compared

to canned one and you get quite a bit out of a pound. Canned are

handy though and I make quick meals with the canned now and then.

 

Petro

 

, " L.B. " <elbee577 wrote:

>

> Mindy,

>     I use dry beans a lot and I know that a pound of dry beans

makes a LOT more when cooked up than a can of beans!  (If you read

the bag and the can, it usually will tell on the

> label (at the top of the " nutrition " listings) approximately how

many " servings " per container

> of product.  A can of beans (with other ingredients) could serve 4

people....a POUND bag of dry beans, all cooked up--twice that many,

at least. 

>  

>     You get a BARGAIN with the dry beans, they have a great shelf

life (longer, when stored in tight, dry containers), and YOU can

decide what to add to them as they cook!  The

> canned ones ARE very, very convenient (you are paying for that

convenience), but you

> can do what you want with cooking dry beans--add salt or

not...seasonings as YOU like

> them...no added preservatives or " added to preserve color and

freshness " stuff. 

>  

>      My dry pantry has numerous glass jars, all filled with dry

beans of different kinds that

> I've " collected " .  Whenever I go someplace (if I have time), I

check out the stores that have

> bulk bins, interesting foods in the " international " sections; I

always look for beans!  There

> are so many different kinds of beans that you can cook a different

one every day for more

> than a MONTH and still have variety!  (At one time, I had about 45-

50 DIFFERENT beans

> in my pantry jars!  (I think it's fewer now--I'm using them up

slowly and have not had time

> to shop in the neat stores where I found some of the more unusual

ones.)

>  

>      Happy bean cooking!  I hope you enjoy your beans!

>  

> --Laura B., in Illinois